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In this week's Legal Issues in the News, the University of Illinois College of Law's Faye Jones, takes a look at biometric privacy law and social media. 

Urbana city officials want to hear what residents think about the sale and taxing of recreational cannabis. A listening session on the topic will be held at the City Council meeting 7 p.m. tonight.

State Senator Jason Barickman concedes a new law he co-sponosred to prevent further trauma to some sexual assault victims might not be enough to assuage victims' concerns.

Illinois has filed a lawsuit alleging that the company that provides water to the Chicago suburb of University Park caused lead to contaminate the village's drinking water.

State Senator Thomas Cullerton has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he took more than $250,000 in salary and benefits over three years from the Teamsters while doing little or no work.

Just inside the main gate of the Illinois State Fair sits a cluster of white booths around a gazebo. At the entrances, signs read “Ethnic Village.” For nearly 40 years, fair-goers have found food from around the world as well as music and other performances. But this is the last year it will have that name.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded grants totalling $2.1 million to address the opioid crisis in central Illinois and improve the quality behavioral health services. One of those recipients if Promise Healthcare in Champaign, which received nearly $167,000.

One southern Illinois community gathers forces together to prepare for the count.